The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System – BBC Sky At Night's Best Astronomy and Space Books of 2019 - Couverture rigide

Murdin, Paul

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ISBN 10 : 1529319412 ISBN 13 : 9781529319415

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton, 2019

Synopsis

An inside guide by astronomer Paul Murdin revealing everything you need to know about the planets, their satellites and our place in the solar system.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul Murdin has worked as an astronomer in the USA, Australia, England, Scotland and Spain. Since 1963, he has been a research scientist (studying supernovae, black holes and neutron stars), an observatory administrator and a science policy maker for the government and the Royal Astronomical Society in the UK. He has travelled to universities and science centres in capital cities, to mountain-top observatories and to remote launch-pads. He works emeritus at the Institute of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge, England. He has had a secondary career as a broadcaster and commentator for the BBC and CNN, and is a talented lecturer and writer on astronomy. He is identified as the co-discoverer of the first stellar black hole found in our Galaxy, Cygnus X-1. He has been honoured by the Queen with an OBE for his work in international astronomy and for helping make astronomy accessible to everyone.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1529319412
• ISBN 13: 9781529319415
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible